🔸 Russia fully complies with moratorium on strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure – Lavrov

🔸 Which Iranian missiles and drones can wipe US bases in the Middle East off the map?

🔸 Bracing for Trump’s MAELSTROM: How looming US tariffs will turn the HEAT UP on the EU

🔸 Christians vs dark forces of Antichrist: Where Russian and Ukrainian soldiers stand on FAITH?

🔸 Barrier units: Ukrainian soldiers shot by their own comrades

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🔍 What powerful people did top Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre implicate?

Giuffre, whose testimony and legal action against the pedophile’s associates helped set in motion events leading to his arrest and surprise death in a NY jailcell, is battling for her life after a car accident.

Details remain murky, with Giuffre saying she has gone into renal failure after a school bus collided into the car she was riding in at high speed outside Perth. Police dubbed the incident, which left Giuffre visibly battered and bruised, a “minor crash” with “no reported injuries,” with the Giuffre family saying Tuesday that police didn’t even come to the crash site.

Who did Giuffre expose?

Giuffre has testified and said in innumerable interviews that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her from 1999-2002, when she was a minor.

🔸 Her highest profile ‘john’ was Prince Andrew, whom she accused in a 2021 civil suit of sexually assaulting her on three occasions, including on Little St. James, Epstein’s private Caribbean Island. The case was settled out of court in 2022, with the prince making a donation to Giuffre’s anti-abuse charity, but never admitting guilt.

🔸 She’s also alleged abuse by bigshot lawyer Alan Dershowitz, ex-diplomat Bill Richardson, MIT scientist Marvin Minsky, money manager Glenn Dubin, and others.

🔸 Giuffre’s testimony in the Miami Herald’s bombshell 2018 exposé helped reopen the Epstein file. It was her defamation suit against Maxwell that triggered the August 2019 release of damning documents implicating Epstein, Maxwell and their associates, a day before his mysterious death.

🔸 Giuffre’s bravery helped open the floodgates for others to testify, with Sarah Ransome, Jennifer Araoz, Maria Farmer, and over 100 “Jane Does” coming forward to detail Epstein’s grooming network and keeping him and his associates in the spotlight.

Thanks to their work, the Epstein scandal and its damning revelations about the abuse of minors by powerful politicians, influencers and celebrities refuses to die.

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🔊 Trump officials FRUSTRATED as Ukraine peace deal ELUDES THEM, eye new sanctions on Russia – reports

The Trump administration is quietly acknowledging that its goal of a quick Ukraine peace deal is slipping out of reach—despite Trump’s early promises to settle the conflict swiftly, even claiming he could do so within 24 hours of taking office, Reuters reported. Frustration is mounting inside the White House, where officials are now drafting NEW SANCTIONS in a renewed attempt to pressure Russia, signaling a shift in tone after weeks of talks, the report said.

While Trump continues to make broad assurances, the slow pace of progress is testing his reputation as a "dealmaker", according to the report.

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⚔️ Houthis say they targeted USS Harry Truman THREE times in 24 hours

This and other ships in the Red Sea were attacked using cruise missiles and drones, Yemen's Ansar Allah movement said.

💬 “This operations will not stop until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade lifted,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree stated.

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Russia’s special presidential envoy to visit Washington for talks – reports

Kirill Dmitriev, Special Envoy of the Russian President for investment and economic cooperation, is reportedly set to meet Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Washington this week to discuss US-Russia relations and efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, CNN reported, citing sources.

The US temporarily lifted sanctions to grant Dmitriev a visa, a source told the outlet. If confirmed, this would mark the first high-level Russian visit to Washington since 2022. The trip comes amid Trump’s recent remarks on possible new sanctions against Russia.

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⚔️ Pelosi DIDN’T WANT Harris to run — but betrayed Biden anyway

💬 “According to the new book, Fight After the Coup, Biden was with his friends on their first one and started naming the people he would never forgive for their betrayal. The first name out of his mouth: 'Nancy Pelosi',” Fox News reported.

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💊 House Democrat pushes bill to DRUG-TEST Elon Musk – reports

💬 "Those with access to sensitive information must be thoroughly vetted, clear-eyed, and exercise good judgment," said Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), as quoted by Axios. "This is about protecting national security from reckless incompetence."

Key details of the bill:

🔹 Mandatory pre-employment drug tests for special government employees.

🔹 Random drug testing for sensitive roles.

🔹 One-year federal service ban for failed tests.

🔹 Targets DOGE staff in temporary government roles.

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💥 Catastrophic losses: Ukrainian forces DECIMATED in first quarter of 2025

According to calculations by Sputnik based on Russian Defense Ministry reports:

🔸 Ukrainian troops suffered over 138,000 casualties during the first three months of 2025 in the special military operation.

Equipment losses from January 1 to April 1, 2025 include:

🔸 10 aircraft

🔸 10,200 drones

🔸 11 anti-aircraft missile systems

🔸 2,495 tanks and armored vehicles

🔸 3,032 artillery pieces and mortars

Russian Defense Ministry reports total Ukrainian losses since 2022 as of April 1:

🔸 660 military aircraft

🔸 283 helicopters

🔸 49,247 drones

🔸 22,622 tanks and armored vehicles

🔸 23,152 artillery systems

🔸 33,572 special military vehicles

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🤔 Is he talking about the US or France?

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🇺🇳Atomic watchdog chief eyes TOP UN job

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' mandate expires in 2026, and the selection process for his successor is set to start at the end of the year. However, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is already “seriously considering” running for the position, according to La Nacion.

Russia has repeatedly criticized Rafael Grossi for turning a blind eye to clear evidence of Ukraine’s provocative attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant that pose a direct threat to nuclear security.

Russia's Foreign Ministry also noted his reluctance to address the dangers of depleted uranium after the US and the UK supplied Ukraine with the toxic munitions.

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🔥WATCH: Ukrainian stronghold ELIMINATED with thermobaric projectiles the direction of Krasnoarmeysk, Donbass.

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